Machine for the manufacture of bottle-closures.



VA. BOGDA'NFFY. MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE 0F BOTTLE CLOSURESL KU mi. 0 Wm Am .am .W4 .D Lw a P 4.. m QH 2 m D EL. IL H N 0 n A. m H DI A D 9 oo. 9a 6 3 1 0' 1i A-.` BOGDANFFY. MACHINE EUR THE MANUFACTURE 0F BOTTLE CLOSUBES.

APPLICATION FILED 1UL-Y29. 19M.

Ptentea Apr. 2o, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

A.l BOGDANFFY. MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE 0F BOTTLE CLOSURES. 1,136,398.

APPLICAYION FILIED IULY29, 1914.

Patented Ap1z20, 1915.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

WTNESSES ALEXANDER BOGDNFFY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

MACHINE FOR THE MANUACTURE OF BOTTLE-'CLOSURES Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apru 20, 1915.

Application led July 29, 1914. Serial N0. 853,967.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER Bos- DNFFY, a subject of the King of Hungary, anda resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in vMachines for the Manufacture of Bottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification. 4

The present invention relates to machines for assembling and uniting closures or stoppers for bottles, cans and like receptacles, and more particularly closures of the cap variety, including those termed crown corks. Closures of this type comprise usually three elements, that is a metallic cap or crown to be locked to the neck of the bottle, etc., a. sealing disk or packing of cork or the like, and a fusibleimpervious cementing medium, for instance in the form of a disk, that is interposed between the metallic cap and the sealing disk. ln manufacturing these closures, the cementing medium is fused and the assembled closure subjected to pressure before the cemcnting medium sets or liardens, whereby it unites the sealing disk with the metallic cap. Usually the three parts mentioned are first assembled and the closure, as a whole, then subjected to heating action .to fuse the cementing medium, pressure being applied afterward, In other cases the caps contain the cementing medium only when heat is applied to the same, the sealing disks .being inserted subsequently. Again, in some cases liquid or viscous cementing media are made use of.

The present invention pertains to a machine for manufacturing closures of the latter type, that is to say to a machine, which uses a liquid or semi-liquid ceinenting ine-i dium in manufacturing the closures. Machines of this type heretofore in use comprise two distinct unitsmthat is an assem bli`i1g .\unit'and a uniting unit. 'The first mentioned unit assembles the three parts of the closure, and the second unit serves to keep ,the closures under pressure while the cementing medium sets and the elements of the closure are being united.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a machine of the character specified wherein the assembling and uniting lements are combined in such a manner that they form one integral whole in the form of a head or drum that rotates around a horizontal axis.

Another object of the invention is to so construct and arrange the cap feeding chute that the caps of the closures are fed into the assembling and uniting head by gravity, thereby insuring a reliable and positive feeding thereof.

' A further object of the invention is to provide the assembling and uniting head with plungers, and so to arrange the same in relation to the other elements of the machine that said plungers cause the sealing disks to move into their respective caps on top of the cementing medium, holding then the component parts of the closures under pres- `to provide a machine for the manufacture of closures upon whichcan be used, without any change, cementing media which set without heat or cooling, or also media which are set by the aid of heat or cooling, respectively. i

Heretofore, as far as known, the cap feeding chutes were constructed to convey caps either in inverted or upright positions to horizontally rotating transporting disks. For this reasonthe chutes, which are substantially vertical, had to be provided with arc-shaped discharge ends, and special feeding fingers or other attachments had to be made use of, which delivered one after the other the caps to the horizontally rotating disks., In `these arc-shaped ends, as soon as there were only a few caps in the chutes, the caps did notmove, there being no pressure above the same. 4

One of the objects of the present invention' is to obviate this defect, and to provide in combination with an assembling and uniting head, which rotates around a horizontal axis, a vertical feeding chute so that the caps move by gravity into the recesses of said head, and without the aid of special feeding fingers or similar devices.

`A further object of the invention is to combine the said feeding chute with a ceninting material applying mechanism, which provides the innerfaces of the caps with cementing material while they are in les vertical positions in the said. chute, no mattype the said cetiii inventien is which will more fully appear as the nature of closures for receptacles which is simple sures in a in construction, unites the parts of the cloders the se ing or packing disksimpervious, and applies measured quantities of cementln or adhesive material to the inner faces o the caps, thereby providing closures in which the liquid is prevented from reaching the metallic parts ofthe closures when in use upon bottles or other receptacles, and in which the gases with which the liquid may be charged cannot work their way` throu h the packing.

Wit these and other objects in view,

of the invention is better understood, the

saine consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and ldetails of construction within the scope of the Aappended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accom-` panying drawings, in whichz- Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly 1n elevation, taken through a machine constructed in accordance with the present intion taken on line 15-15 of ventioii; Fig. V2'i's a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a ortion of a section taken on line 3-3 of *ig 2; Fig. 4 is a part of a section taken` on line of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectionrftaken ii'iigough the feeding means of the machineLFig. 6 is a" section taken on line 6-6 of Fig.' 5; Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 5; Fig. 8 is a section taken on line 8--8 of `Fi 5; Fig. 9 is a section taken on line 9 9 ofig. 5; Fig. 10 is asection taken on lint 10-10 of Fig. 5; Fig. 11 is a detail of the device shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings on an enlarged scale; Fig. 12 is a plan view,

artly in section, of the device shown in ig. 11; Fig. 13 is a section taken on line 13 -,13 of Fig. 12; Fig. 14 is a section taken on line -14-14 of Fig. 12; Fi 15 is a secig. 14; Fig. 16is a side elevation of one of the assentibling and uniting plungers; Fig. 17 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 18 y1s a side elevation of one of the lunger actuating means; Fig. 19 is a front e evatlon thereof; Fig. 20 is a section taken through one of the passages in which the packing disks are fed into the metallic caps; and Fig. 21 is a side elevation thereof.

In the drawi the numeral 30 indicates a cylindrical casing, resting upon a base 30', that maybe attached in any suitable manner qluick and reliable manner, renil to the floor or other suitable support. The i l head 31 of this casing is, preferably, cast integral therewith, its other head 32 being attached t'o the same by screws, or otherwise.

The two 'heads of the casing are provided' with bearings 33, .in which is rotatably journaled a horizontal shaft 34, to which is keyed, or otherwise ixedly secured, a substantially drum-shaped member or head 35, that is preferably made of two sections 36 and 37, which are bolted together by screws 38, or otherwise. The drum is continuously driven from a main driving shaft 39, that is journaled in the casing 30 and carries a worm 40, in mesh with a worm gear 41, the latter being preferably made integral with the section'37 of the drum. In the section 36 of the drum is formed, in a circle near the periphery of said section, a plurality of axially disposed holes 42, yand in alinement with these holes are carried by the said drum sleeves 43, the bores of which taper toward the head 31 fora purpose hereinafter to be described. To the-section 36 o f the drum is attached a ring 44. Infalinement with each hole 42 there is provided upon this ring a substantially radially disposed recess 46, said recesses being formed between ribs 47 on the ring 44, screws 48, passing through the'said ribs into the secthe drum. The recesses 46 in the ring are eaciof a size to accommodate a metallic c ap of a closure. L

The metallic parts of the closures are fed by any suitable means into a vertically disposed chute 49 with their open ends facing the head 31 of the casing 30. The chute comprises three distinct sections, towit: a

'of the caps is by means hereinafter to be described caused to move through the section 51 into the section 52 of the chute, to rest therein on a platform 54, in the form of a plate,that is attached to the chute. .From this platform the cap is moved through the outlet 55 of the chute into one of the recesses 46 in the ring 44.

While th'e caps are in the section 50 of the chute, a suitable adhesive material .is applied to the same, more particularly always to the one resting on the bottom 53 thereof. The adhesive material is held in a container 56, which may be cast integral with the chute and attached to the casing of f tion36, servingto attach the said ring to the machine. Inthiscontainer is journaled meeste inaterialin the container. To the shaft 57 is furthermore attached a pulley 59, which is driven by the intermediary of a belt from a pulley 60, the latter being keyed to the main driving shaft of the machine. Into the container extends a vertically disposed sliding bar 61, that is properly guided in its movement and carries at its lower end a roller 62, that contacts intermittently with the feed roller 58, whereby adhesive material :is applied to the roller 62. The roller 62, in turn, applies the adhesive material to a :plunger 63, that is horizontally arranged .in -balinement with the lowermost of the caps in the section 50 of the chute. This plunger reciprocates in guides 64, and is made of two sections 65 and 66. The section 66 is the one that coperates with the guides 64. In the section 66 is provided a longitudinal bore 67, in which is slidably disposed part of the section 65, the connectionbetween the two sections being made by a pin 68, that is carried by the section 65 and engages screw-like .slots 69 in the section 66. A spring 69 in the bore 67 tends to force the section 65'to its outermost position. The section 65 is provided with a head 70, to which is attached a soft block 71, for instance of rubber, the outer face of which is convex so as to conform to the inner concave face of -the heads of the metallic caps of the closures. The block 71 is adapted to protrude' through an aperture 72 in the chute 49 and to enter the lowermost of the metallic caps held within the section thereof.

The adhesive material is applied by the roller 62 to the block 71 by raising the bar 61 While the plunger 63 is in its outer position, shown in Fig. 11 of the drawings. The bar and the roller 62 carried thereby are raised and lowered, for instance by a cam d lever arrangement.. The cam, which is enoted by the numeral 73, is keyed to the main driving shaft 39, and bears against the arm 7-1 of a two-armed lever, that is fulcrumed at 7 5 to a standard 76, the latter being carried by the casing'ot` the machine.

The free end ofv the arm 77 of said lever is fork-shaped and in engagement withl a pin 78, that is secured to the sliding bar 61. When the cam 7 3 is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 11 ofthe drawings, obviously the roller 62 will be raised, and inasmuch as the block 71 of the plunger is in the path of the said roller, the adhesive material carried thereby will be applied to' the said block. A spring 7 9 serves to bring the two-armed lever back to its normal position. The main shaft 39 carries a second cam, denoted by the numeral 80. lThis cam coperates with a lever 81, that is fulcrumed at 82 to some stationary part of the machine, andhisprovided in its other end with a slot 83, thatengages a pin 84, the latter being fastened to the plunger 66'. By means of this arrangement, the said plunger is caused to move through the aperture 72 into the chute 49, a spring 85 returning the said plunger and the parts connected therewith to their normal positions. The cams 73 and 80 are staggered 180, which will permit the plunger 63 to remain at rest while the roller carrying bar 61 moves upward and back to its position of rest. When in its position of rest, the plunger is caused to move toward the chute, and for this reason obviously the bar 61 must be fork-shaped,

as clearly shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings,

to permit the plunger 63 to move toward the chute while the said bar is at rest.

To prevent rotation of the metallic cap while the adhesive material is applied to the inner face thereof and otherwise to hold it in proper position relative to the plunger 63, a cylindrical body 86 projects through an aperture 86 into the chute in alinement with the aperture 72 therein. This cylindrical body is attached to a bar 87, the latter being slidably arranged in guides and connected by a pin 88 to'the fork-shaped end 89 of a lever 90, which is fulcrumed at 91 to some stationary part of the machine and carries a lug 92 in the path of a knob 93, that is attached to the plunger' 63. A spring 94 holds the bar 87 in its outermost position. The inner edge of the cylindrical body vS6 is provided with notches 95, accommodating the corrugations of the metallic caps of crown -corks and thereby preventing the rotation of said caps in relation to the said cylindrical body. This body is made of two sections, the inner section, denoted by the numeral 96, being slidably disposed in the section 97, the latter being xedly attached to the' bar 87. A spring 98 serves to project the section 96 of the cylindrical body. The section 97 is closed by a head 99, in which is provided an opening 100, through which extends a rod 101, that is provided within the section 96 of the cylindrical body with a piston 102. This piston is in its normal position, shownin `Figs. '11 and 12 of the drawings, disposed near the notched edge of the cylindrical body. The rod 101 carries a pin 103, thatis seated in a slot 104 ulcrumed at 106 to an ear 107, which is carried by the frame of the machine. A spring 108 keeps the lever 105 in contact with a projection 109 upon the bar 87. A stop 109 upon the ear 107 limits the outward motion of the lever 105.

The operation of this adhesive material applying means is as follows: Let us suppose that the parts are in the positions shown in Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings and that there are caps in the section 50 of the chute 49. The main shaft 39 rotates in the direction yof the arrow shown iii Fig.l 11 of the drawings, whereby, first, the cam 73 causes drawings.

the arm 74 of' the two-armed lever to move during one-quarter of a revolution of the shaft 39 `inward into' the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 11 of the drawings. B this movement the roller 62 applies adhesive material to the block 71 of the plunger 63, and during the second quarter of a revolution of the said shaft, the roller 62 and its bar 61 are moved back into their lower normal-positions. The cam'80 causes then the leugr 81 durin the next quarter of a revolution of the s aft to move into the dotted position shown in Fig. l1 of the By this operation, ,the plunger 63 is caused to move toward the lowermost of the caps in the chute, but, beforel the block 71 reaches the ca ,the knob 93 swings Aby the intermediary o the lug 92the lever 90 correspondingly, whereby the section 96 of the cylindrical body 86 is caused to move through the aperture, 86', engaging the Aof the cap. During the next quarter of a'- 4o lowermost of the caps in the section `of the chute and holding it against rotation.`

The knob 93 is sha ed in such a manner that the bar 87 will e kept stationary during the further inward movement of the plunger 63. As the bar 87 is moved in the.

turn of the shaftyBQ, the plunger 63 moves I back to its normal position, the bar 87 causing by the intermediary of the lever 105 the piston 102 to move inwardly and tomremove the cap from the section 90 of' the cylindrical body 86.l

It should beobserved that the connection between'the sections 90V and 97 of the cylindrical body 86 is yielding to prevent a crushing or defacing of the caps while they are acted upon by the plunger 63. Thepiston 102 in the cylindrical body prevents the next cap inthe series from tilting as it slides downto the bottom 53 of the section 50 of the chute. If there is no cap held by the cylindrical body 86, the plunger moves into the saine, but will not contact with the piston 102.

After the adhesive material has been` up-l plied to a cap in the manner now described, the said cap` is caused to move into the sec tion 52 of the chute. The means for doing this comprises n conveyor in the form of a reciprocable bar 110, that slidubly ar ranged in alinemcnt with the lowerinost of the caps inthe section 50 et the chute, and

meente more particularly horizontally at rightv over the lugpll without affecting the position of the lever 112. A spring returns 'the lug 115 to its normal position. `When the plunger 63 moves bach to its normal posin tion, shown in F ig. 11 of the drawings, ai'ter the adhesive material has been applied to the cap, the knob 93 swings the lug- 115 in the oppositedirection, whereby it will cause the conveyer-110 to vmove inward, thereby transporting the lowermost of the caps in the chute into the section 52 thereof, where it will fall onto the platform 54 above described. A set screw 117 limits the outward movement of the conveyer 110, said outward movement being brought about by a spring 118. y

The caps' to which adhesive material has been'applied in the manner above described are moved one.V after the other into the re cesses 46 in the ring 44. For this purpose, in alinement with each rib 47 there is earried by the drum above the corresponding sleeve 43 a `pin 1.19, which pins project, as the drum 'is .being rotated,` through a slot 120 into the chute and engage the caps resting upon the platform 54. thereof.- The pins, one after the other, cause the caps to leave the chute through the outlet 55,and to fall ier by gravity into the 'recesses ahead of a pin to vrest `uponV an aroshaped platform 121, that is carried by the head 31 of the 'casing 30. With each pin 119 is associated a nger 120', that is adapted to pass through a slot 121 abovethe bottom of a vertical tube 122, which is attached to the casing 30 in any -suitable manner, and isprovided with a longitudinal slot 128, through which a ngerpiece 124 of a weivht 125 protrudes, said weight being placed on packing disks oli cork or the like and serves to feed the said disks toward the bottom of said tube. This tube is disposed in such relation to the chute -l9 that, simultaneously with the Vfeeding of a cap into a recess 46, a packing disk is fed to the corresponding sleeve 43. As shown in Figs. 20 and 21, these sleeves are recessed at 126,- so that a packing disk falling onto the drum is tilted and brought intothe proper sleeve into substantially vertical position. The packing disk is forced through a sleeve into the metallic cap in registering position therewith by a plunger 12?, of

which there are a'sfni'any provided on the drum as there aresleeves 43 thereon, These plungers are slldably arranged in almement l, With said sleeves on the drum parallel to the shaft 34, their outer ends projecting beyond the section 37 of said drum. Each plunger is provided with a slot 128, in which is disposed a lever 129, that is pivoted at 130 to the' hub of the drum, there being obviously as manyY levers as there are plungers, said levers being radially arranged upon the drum and carrying at their free ends, which p roject beyond the plungers, antifriction rollers 131, which are adapted to coact with a cam 132, fastened to the casing or" the machine. Springs-133, coiled around the plungers, serve to force them toward the head 31 of the casing 30. The cam 132 is arranged in the path of the anti-friction rollers 131, whereby, as the drum rotates, the plungers 127 will be forced against the action of the springs 133 out of the recesses in the ring 44, and more particularly before they arrive opposite to a passage-134 upon the head 31. With the plunger-s 127 cooperates a cam-wheel 135, that is xedly attached to a bevel gear 136, meshing with a similar gear 137, the latter beine 'formed upon the drum 35. The cam Wheel 135 and lthe bevel gear 136 are rotatably mounted upon a spindle 138, that is pivoted at 139 upon the head 32 of the casing 30, the distance between the spindle and the section 37 of the drum being adjustable, for a purpose hereinafter to be described, by a set screw 140. l

In the rotation of the drum, the cam 132 causes a plunger 127 to move out of the corresponding sleeve 43 before the said sleeve arrives in operative relation to the tube 122 and obviously before the corresponding -recess in the ring 44 is brought into operative relation to the chute 49. Both the cam and the platform 121 are of such lengths that ample time is given to the metallic caps and the packing disks toI occupy their proper positions relative to a plunger 127. The caps l slide along the arc-shaped platform until the corresponding plunger-,127 is disengaged from the cam, when VAthe corresponding spring 133 causes the said plunger to move toward the cap, therebyforcig the sealing disk in registering position therewith into the same. After this has bee accomplished, the plunger comes withinl the reach. of the cam wheel 135, which will causega proper seating of the packing disk in the cap, which could not be done' by the springs 133 alone if one or the other one of said disks is not as pliable or soft as usual. The disks are thus compressed to some extent, depending upon the position of the spindle 138 relative to the ring 44. The 'asseinbied closures are thus placed under compressidn and are held in this condition until they very nearly make a full revolution around the shaft 34, when the roller 131 of a plunger again arrives at the cam 132, which disengages the plunger from the closure and allows the same to drop into the passage 134. To insure a disengagement of the finished closures from the recesses in the ring 44, a star wheel 141 is pivoted at 142 to the frame of the machine, and is rotated by the ribs 47 above described. The arms of this star Wheel cause the closures to be disengaged in all events from the recesses in the drum by reason of theii^arms projecting into the said recesses.

In alinement with the passage 134 there is provided an opening 143 in the head 31 of the drum, through which the finished product is adapted to fall into a receptacle or onto a belt conveyer 144, the roller 145 of which may be driven by a belt 146 from the shaft 34 of the drum 35. To counteract the pressure exerted by the' cam'wheel 135 upon the plungers 127, a conical roller 147 is mounted upon the head 31,0f the casing. This roller bears against the ring 44 and will relieve the drum from undue pressure.

The smaller diameter of the tapered bore of a sleeve 43 is smaller than that of a sealing disk. The latter will thus be compressed to some extent as it is forced through the sleeve. When in the cap, it expands and is thus ixedly held in the cap.

The machine so far described is adapted for use with an adhesive'materialor cementing medium that is appliedin its cold state to the closures. If a cementing medium is used which must be heatedv before it can be applied to the closures and where the closures must be cooled while they are held under compression, the ring 44 is provided with an annular channel 150, said channel being provided withv a radially extending partition 151, the cooling fluid, for instance Coldwater, being admitted into the channel on one side of its partition, travels around said channel and leaves the same on the other side of the partition. v The fluid Hows to the channel through a pipe 152, communieating with a bore 153 in the shaft 34, that is connected by a pipe 154 with the channel on one sideof the partition 151. The other side of the-partition is connected by a pipe 155 With a bore 156 in theshaft 34, said bore being connected with a pipe 157. A stulling box: 158 and a packing material 159 prevent a leakage of the Afluid in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaft 34.

and the passages communicating therewith into the channel 150, goes through the same and leaves it through the pipe 157, effectively cooling the closures While they are held under compression" and thus causing the ceinenting material to set. For the purpose `The fluid, admitted. through -the pipe 152 of heating the cementing material in the containerv 56, a gas burner 160 is located below the said container. e i

If a cementing material is used which is eoagulated byheat, there is admitted into' the channel 150 a heating fluid, for instance steam, which leaves the said channel through the pipe 157. The temperature of the fluid is maintained at a point sufficient to eoagulate the cementing medium within the assembled closures while they are 'held under compression. The coagulation results in a firm union between theparts of the closures. l

From the foregoing it appearsy that the machine is adapted or use in connection with three different kinds of cementing materials without necessitating any changes in the construction of the machine.

It is to be observed that the 'plung'ers 127 assemble the arts of the closures, and that they serve at t e same time to unite the parts thereof, that is to say to hold them under compression. while the cementing medium sets.. The drum 35 constitutes the assembling and uniting element of the machine,

and, inasmuchas the same rotates around a horizontal axis, a positive feeding o'f the partsof the closureV is` obtained, the said parte being inserted by means carried by the said drum and by gravity. The parts of tlie closures, not being put under comression immediately upon entering the- -`tallic parts into said recesses and the disks into said metallic parts while in said recesses. e

2. In a machine for the manufacture of bottleclosures of'the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum having a plurality of recesses, of a chute for holding CIK the metallic parts Aof the closures` means for holding' a plurality ot' sealing disks. to be deposited into said metallic parts, means carried by said drum for feeding the metallic parts into said recesses and the disks into said metallic parts'while in said recesses, and meansfor applying a cementing medium to the inner -faces of said metallic parts while in said chute.

3. In a machine for the manufactureof bottle closures of the cap variety, the compositions thereon, whereby the ,1.13.6,eea'

the metallic arts of the closures, means for l holding a p urality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic arts, means carrled by said drum for fee ino the me lallic parts into said recesses and spring pressed plunger-s on said drum for assembling the said metallic parts and sealing disks.

24. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum havin a pllu rality of recesses, of a chute for drol the metallic parts 'of the closures, means for applying a cementing medium to said metallic parts while in said chute, means for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts, means carried by said drum for feedinggthe metallic parts into said recesses anfdthe sealing disks onto said drum, and ahlrality of spring pressed plungers on sai Vdrum for assembling the elements of the closures and for holding them under compression for nearly one` complete\ revolution of said drum. i

5. In a machine for1 the manufacture of bottle closures of the vcap variety, the combination with a rotary drum havinga plurality oit' recesses, of means for feeding the metallic parts of the closures and the sealing disks into the said recesses, a plurality of spring pressed plungers forplacing the same under compression, and means independent of the springs for causing the sealing disks to be compressed to a predetermined thickness. Y)

G. In a .machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum havin a. plurality of recesses, of means for fee 'ng the metallic parts of the closures and the sealing disks into the said recesses, a plurality of spring pressed p l'ungersior placing the the sealing.v disks onto said drum, and a plurality of ng n u 'Y same under compression, aidjmeansy actuated by Vsaid drum ind" eiidentvof the springs for causing the sea ing disks to bel compressed to a predetermined thickness` 7. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the'fcap variety, Lthe combination with a rotary drum havinor a plurality of recesses', of means for. feeding the metallic parts oithe closures and the sealing disks into the said recesses, a plurality of spring pressed plungers for placing the same under compression, an a cam-wheel coperating with said ing the sealing disks to predetermined thickness.

8. In a machine for the' manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combilungers for cause compressed toa v ing a slot near its bottom, pins carried by metallic parts of the closures and the sealing disks into the said recesses, a plurality of spring pressed plungers for placing the same under compression, and a cam-wheel actuated. by said drum coperating with said plungers'for causing the` sealing disks to be compressed to a predeteimined thickness.

' 9. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures-of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum having a plurality of recesses and apertures in alineinciit therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing .disksto be deposited into said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom, and pins carried by said 'drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are `fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said a pertuies.

10. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum havingsa plurality of recesses and apertures in aline'ment therewith, of a chute for holding the metal- ,lic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of. sealing disks to be depositedinto said metallic parts having a slot near its-bottom, pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, and spring pressed plungers for forcing the sealing disks through said apertures into said metallic parts.

11. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the ca variety, the combination with a rotary rum having a plurality of recesses and apertures in alineinent therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom, pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said clfute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, and spring pressed plungers for forcing the scal ing disks through said apertures into Vsaid metallic parts and for holding the said parts under compression while said drum makes very nearly a complete revolution.

12. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum haring a plu ralityiof recesses and apertures in alinement therewith, of a cliute.for holding the metallic parts of the closures havinga slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into saidmetallic parts hav- "lic caps of the closures havinga slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into 'said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom, pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, spring pressed plungers for forcing the sealing disks througlisaid apertures into said inetallic parts, and means for ap )lying a cementing material to the inner aces of said metallic parts while in said chute.

14. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum having a plurality of recesses and apertures in ali'neinent therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having -a slot near its bottom, pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, spring l pressed plungers for forcing the sealing disks through said apertures into said metallic parts and for holding the said parts under compression while said drum makes very nearly "a complete revolution, and t means for applying a ceinenting material to the inner faces of said metallic parts while in said chute.

15. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary driiin having a plurality of recesses and apertures in alinement therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom` pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, spring pressed plungcrs for forcing "the sealing disks through said aperturesinto said iiie- V bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with arotary dium having a plu;

rality of recesses and apertures in alinement therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a ltube for holding a `plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having .l a slot near its bottom, pins carried by said by said drum passin rality of recesses and apertures in alinenient therewith, of a chute for holding the metallic parts of the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom; pins carried through the slots in said chiite and said tu e, whereby'the metallic parts of the closures are fed into s'aid recesses and the sealing disks into said apertures, spring pressed plunger'sffor vforcing the sealing disks through said apertures into said metallic parts, and a cam-wheel cooperating witli' said plungers for causing the sealing disks to be compressed to a predetermined thickness.

18. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the coinbination with a rotary drum having a plurality of -recesses and apertures in alinement therewith, ci' a chute for holding the nietallic parts of ,the closures having a slot, a tube for holding a plurality of sealing disks to be deposited into said metallic parts having a slot near its bottom, pins carried by said drum passing through the slots in said chute and said tube, whereby the metallic parts of the closures are fed into said recesses and the sealing disks into said aperturcs. spring pressed plungers for forcing the sealing disks through said apertures into said metallic parts, and a cam-wheel actuated by said drum cooperating with said pluugcrs for causing the sealing disks to be compressed to a predetermined thickness.

19. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a. vertical chute comprising two parallel sections and one intermediate substantially horizontal section, of a reciprocable plunger in alinement with the lowermost cap in the first one `ot' said sections,`

means for applying cementing medium to said plunger, means for reciprocating said plungerl to bring .it into contact withsaid cap, and means for holding said cap in poi sition as ,said plunger is moved forward.

.20. In a' machine 'for the manufacture' of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a vertical chute comprising two parallelsections and an intermediate substantially horizontal section, of a reciprocable plunger in alinementwith the lowermost cap in the first one of said sections,

means' for applying cementing medium to ysaid plunger, means for reciprocating said plunger to bring it into contact with said cap, means for holding said cap in-position as said plunger is moved forward, and means for giving said plunger a partial turn while in contact with said cap. x Y if' L 21. In a machine for themanufacture 'of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combnation'wth a vertical-'chute comprising two parallel sections and an intermediate ysubstantially horizontal section, of a reciprocable plunger in alinement with the' lower most cap in the first one of said sections,` means for applying cementing mediumto said plunger, means for reciprocating said plunger to bring it intoy contact with said cap, means ior` holding said'cap in position as said plunger is moved forward, and means said plunger, means lfor reciprocating said plunger to bring it into contact with said cap, means for holding said cap in position as said plunger is niovedforward, and means` actuated by said. plunger for causing the4 cap to move after the cementing medium has been applied thereto from the `rst section of said` chute through its substantially horizontal portion into ,the last rsection thereof. f

23. In a'inachine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination witlna vertical chute compm'sing two parallehsections and an intermediate substantiallyhorizontall section, 'of a reciprocable plunger in alinement ywith the lowermost cap vin the first one of said sections,

means .fon applying i eementing medium to :holding said cap in position as said plunger is moved forward.

24. In a machine for the inanuit'acturel of 130 bottle closures of. the cap yarety, the combination with a reeiprocable plunger, of a consaid sliding bar, -Whereby the e'menti'ng said plunger. Y

25. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination with a rotary drum provided with substantially radially arranged ribs, Whereby a plurality of recesses is formed, of means for holdingr an assembled. closure in' each of said recesses, and-means actuated by said ribs for ejecting the closures from said recesses when released by said holding means.

26. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap variety, the combination withV a rotary drum havingr a plurality of recesses, of means for holdingin said medium from its roller Vis transferred to recesses assembled closures, and means actuated by said drum for ejecting the closures from said recesses when released by said holding means.

2. In a machine for the manufacture of bottle closures of the cap` variety, the combii nation wit-'h a chute for holding the 'caps of the Aclosures having two apertures in opposite Walls thereof in alinement with the lowermost of the caps therein, of a cylindricalmember adaptedto project through one of said Vapertures'. to hold the lowermost cap in position within saidchute, a piston in said cylindrical member normally near its innermost edge, a plunger adapted to projelfxt through the other one of said apertures' 1 'n o said vchuteJ 'for applying adhesive ma terial togthe inner face of the lowermost of said caps, and means for withdrawing said piston when said plunger movestoward the last mentioned cap, Said means Serving at the-same time to remove by said piston the lowermost of the caps from said cylindrical member as said plungery is beingr Withdrawn from' said chute.

Signed 'at New York, in the county yof New York and State of N ew York, this 18th Y day of uly, A. D. 1914.

ALEXANDER feooDNFF-Y.

Witnesses I' SIGMUND HERZOG, Tirnnnsa HERZOG. 

